Women (and men) are no strangers to the standards that the beauty industry loves to set. These standards change over time, as some periods will favor less makeup and a certain type of facial feature while another may favor an entirely different look.
Today, we have a melting pot of different standards that come together to form one seemingly impossible-to-attain look. Long and healthy eyelashes are one of those difficult features to attain, but there are actually some natural substances that can help you do so.
Castor oil is one of the most popular vegetable oils, outside of the main ones you use for cooking every day. Castor oil is typically cold pressed from the seeds of the Ricinus communis plant.
This plant originates in the tropical areas of Asia and Africa. You may be most familiar with this oil for its frequent use as a natural laxative, but it actually can provide a good amount of health benefits for hair and skin as well.
The oil is translucent and has a slight yellow tint to it. It is commonly used in many household items from cleaning products to paints, but don't let that scare you away. Traditionally, it was used as a treatment for various different medical conditions, especially for the treatment of digestive issues. When castor oil is consumed, it breaks down in the small intestine and turns into ricinoleic acid, which helps speed up the digestive process.
Not many studies have been done on the oil's benefits for the hair and face, but that doesn't take away from what history and countless numbers of testimonials have told us. As far as benefits for the skin go, it's thought that the oil and the ricinoleic acid can speed up the process of absorbing substances into the skin. It can also sometimes be used in treatments for skin conditions such as dermatitis, psoriasis, acne, and eczema.
Throughout history, castor oil has been used for many purposes, both medicinal and cosmetic. The ancient Egyptians were some of the first people noted to have used the oil, and it was especially popular with Cleopatra, who used the oil as an ointment for wounds and as fuel for torches and lamps. The oil has strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. On top of being a laxative, the oil is also cathartic, which means that it has been known to provide many psychological benefits.
The moisturizing properties found in castor oil, as well as its speculated ability to promote hair growth, make it a great oil to be used as a treatment for eyelashes. There are actually two different types of castor oil that are used in beauty products and practices, one being traditional cold-pressed castor oil and the other being Jamaican black castor oil.
Beauty products are generally more likely to use Jamaican black castor oil, even though the two oil types have essentially the same properties and provide the same benefits.
When it comes to the specific use of castor oil to help promote eyelash health and hair growth, there haven't actually been any specific studies to prove that the use is successful in any way.
With that said, the nutrients that are known to be found in both types of castor oil are known to have some effect on hair growth. For example, some studies have shown that ricinoleic acid, which is the primary nutrient found in castor oil, can help reverse hair loss. It is thought that the fatty acid might fight the protein known as prostaglandin D2 (PGD2), which can be a strong contributing factor to male pattern baldness.
Although specific studies have not necessarily been done on the benefits of castor oil for eyelash health, some expert scientists have spoken on the subject.
Dr. Lancer, who is the dermatologist for celebrities such as Kim Kardashian West and Beyonce, claims that while castor oil likely has no effect on the growth of the lashes, it may help prevent premature breakage and damage to the lashes thanks to its moisturizing and conditioning properties.
By nourishing your lashes and preventing premature breakage or damage, you can help them appear fuller and longer, which imitates the appearance of a lash growth effect.
When it comes to using castor oil for your eyelashes, however, it is important that you be very careful if you do choose to apply the oil to your lashes. It's generally recommended that you not apply any products, oils, or substances around your eyes, as you could risk getting something directly in your eye. Applying an oil to your eyelashes is no different.
If you are interested in using castor oil for any cosmetic reason, you should make sure that you buy the right stuff. Before buying your castor oil, read the label carefully to ensure that you are getting pure castor oil. If the oil has been combined with other ingredients or oil, it could cause irritation and is unlikely to be effective in any case.
When it comes to beauty, there are actually two varieties of castor oil that are used. The first type is the clear-colored, cold-pressed variety of castor oil. The other type is the darker colored Jamaican black castor oil. The Jamaican variety has recently become the preferred choice when it comes to cosmetic treatments. However, both types contain the same medicinal properties which might make them a useful treatment for eyelash growth.
Before treating your eyelashes with castor oil, you should perform a patch test to make sure you are not sensitive to the oil. Dab a little of your oil on a discrete area of your skin such as the inside of your arm. If your skin does not react, then you should be good to apply it to your eyelashes. According to people who have had success with castor oil, it is best to perform this treatment before going to bed.
First of all, your eyelashes should be completely clean and free of any makeup.
Dip a cotton swab in your castor oil.
Gently run the swab along the tops of your eyelashes making sure that you do not get any into your eyes. (castor oil can irritate the eyes badly – if you get any into your eyes, wash it out immediately with clean water.
Leave the oil on overnight and wash it out thoroughly the next morning.
Repeat the treatment several times a week until you get the desired results.
Does Research Support the Use of Castor Oil for Eyelash Growth?
Unfortunately, there are no scientific studies to prove that castor oil can boost the growth of eyelashes and we are reliant largely on anecdotal evidence that it is effective.
This mechanism may explain why many people have found castor oil to be effective on eyelash growth but more studies are necessary to prove that it works on other types of hair.
A comedogenic rating is a score that is given to natural substances to determine how likely they are to irritate the skin, clog a person's pores, or worsen the presence of any skin conditions such as acne.
The scores are given on a scale that ranges from zero to five, and the lowest numbers represent the substances that are least likely to cause any negative reactions. With that said, people may often experience reactions that are different from what the ratings may suggest.
Castor oil has been given a comedogenic rating of one, which means that it should be safe for most people to use on their skin. With that said, some people have noted that the oil dries their skin out, so people who have particularly dry skin already may not do well with the application of castor oil. Because of its composition, castor oil should only be used on the skin when diluted with another carrier oil to lessen its drying effects.
As mentioned, castor oil is a very powerful natural laxative, which is what the substance is most often used for today. The oil is a stimulant laxative, which means that it works by stimulating and promoting movement within the muscle to push materials through the intestines, thus clearing out the bowels. This normally occurs very quickly, which makes it a great treatment option that provides quick relief. Studies have shown that the use of castor oil in elderly patients has helped ease symptoms of constipation.
For the skin, castor oil is also a great moisturizer, thanks to its high concentration of ricinoleic acid, which is a healthy, monounsaturated fatty acid that is commonly used as a humectant and moisturizer for the skin.
This means that the oil is good for helping the skin retain and lock in moisture without losing any water through the outermost layer of the skin. These cosmetic benefits have made it so that castor oil is a very popular added ingredient in many products, including lotions, cleansers, and makeup. Castor oil is normally mixed with other carrier oils such as almond oil, olive oil, or coconut oil to increase its moisturizing benefits and make it more suitable for all skin types.
Like several other popular natural oils, castor oil may also be used to help promote quicker and more efficient healing of wounds. It is often combined with Peru balsam, which is a balm that comes from the Myroxylon tree, to produce a popular ointment called Venelex for this purpose. There have also been studies done that show a connection between castor oil and the stimulation of tissue and cell growth. This can help wounds rebuild and reduce the risk of infection.
Another popular use of castor oil is appreciated by people who suffer from frequent acne breakouts. There are many properties and qualities in castor oil that can help relieve the symptoms of acne. The anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties of the oil can help relieve symptoms related to inflammation and fight different types of bacteria that contribute to breakouts. The oil's natural moisturizing properties also help treat and relieve acne.
The answer is maybe. There have been no studies into the effects of castor oil on eyelash growth but studies have demonstrated that castor oil can prevent hair loss and boost regrowth. When it comes to its effectiveness on eyelash growth, we are reliant on anecdotal evidence.
Is castor oil safe for your eyes?
For most people, it is safe to apply castor oil to the eyelashes but some people may be allergic. You should always perform a patch test to make sure that you are not sensitive before applying a larger dose. You must be very careful not to get castor oil into the eyes themselves. Castor oil can irritate the eyes badly. If you get any of the oil into your eyes, immediately wash them out with water.
How long does it take for castor oil to work on eyebrows?
If anecdotal evidence is to be believed, it takes two or three months before you start seeing real effects. Studies have showed that it takes around 6 months for hair to regrow with castor oil but there are no studies into its effects on eyelashes. Factors such as age group and health may affect the time scale.
Over-consumption of castor oil may cause users to experience cramps, vomiting, diarrhea, and feelings of nausea. Because of this, it's recommended only as a form of treatment for occasional constipation and not for any conditions that have been diagnosed as long-term.
Some studies have also shown that people may experience allergic reactions to using castor oil, including the breakouts, rashes, swelling, and itching. To avoid having a severe allergic reaction, it's advised that you first perform a small patch test on your arm to determine how your skin will react to the castor oil.
Overall, it seems like the verdict is inconclusive regarding whether or not castor oil can actually help your eyelashes. Some experts have said that the oil does provide some benefits, but there may not be strong enough evidence to risk getting oil in your eye during the application process.
If you choose a pure, organic version of castor oil and are incredibly careful when applying it to your lashes, it's likely that you will notice some benefits, whether it be immediately or over time. It is also speculated that the eyelash fullness produced is an illusion provided by the viscosity of the oil.
Have you ever used castor oil or any other home remedy to try and stimulate eyelash growth? Please let us know what you thought of the effects and whether or not you would recommend it as a natural treatment.


The restaurant, conceived as a house in the woods, seeks to blend itself in the landscape. In order to leave the natural evironment unchanged the existing trees were included into the façade structure of the building.
The architecture consists of two layers, the lower - transparent and the upper - opaque and ornamental.
The lower register, fully glazed is dematerialized through transparency. The outer space can be captured as an extension of the interior space and the architecture in time will begin to blend with outer space in a landscape continuum. The facade consists of sliding surfaces that open interior space almost completely full .
Interior finish does not stop at the outer limit of the building, advancing through the glass façade , further reducing the distinct boundary between inside and outside.
Next visual boundary is the vegetation planted on the terrace outside.
In the upper register, opaque attic is covered by a large spatial structure , an autonomous layer, a space between artificial and natural, also a transition between interior and exterior scenery.
This structure connects the building with the garden in a stylized way, inspired by the natural diversity. The attic completes the site topography, transforming the building into an abstract body with strong sculptural character. It creates the illusion of an artificial landscape suspended, levitating above the green space. Building facade acquires an extra dimension and depth due to multiple overlapping plans. At the base of the vertical metal elements was planted ivy, covering partially the spatial structure , to complete symbiosis between the man made topography and the natural topography.
Following the climate this layered building will be in constant mutation.


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Q: Difference between curr_node.ptr = &(next_node.ptr); and curr_node.ptr = &next_node Example #1
#include <stdio.h>

struct node{
    struct node *next;
    char *data;
};

struct node *reverse_list(struct node *head)
{
    struct node *curr, *prev, *next;
    curr = head;
    prev = NULL;
    next = curr->next;
    while(curr != NULL){
        next = curr->next;
        curr->next = prev;
        prev = curr;
        curr = next;
    }
    return prev;
}

int main(){
    struct node *reverse_list();
    return 0;
}

My understanding:
This code describe a link that every pointer points to next node's value(or the beginning of node), somehow it is a basic and simple structure.
But what if we want all the pointers point to next pointer and then reverse it? The process seems complex when we want to reverse it when all the pointer points to pointer.
That is,
curr_node.ptr = &(next_node.ptr);
NOT: curr_node.ptr = &next_node

A: curr_node.ptr = &(next_node.ptr) gets the adresse of ptr in next_node wherease  curr_node.ptr = &next_node gets the adresse of next_node
If you're looking to reverse your linked list, just google what follows

How to reverse a linked list in C

or

rev_list.c
   on github something like that.

Hope it helped.
Nicolas

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A SEPTA Broad Street line train leaves City Hall station.
SEPTA pitched three proposals on Thursday to extend the Broad Street Line to the Navy Yard, but the long-percolating project faces a hefty price tag and a hard road to win funding.
The price tag for the cheapest of the options is $869 million, and the other two are $1.5 billion and $1.6 billion. Under current ridership projections, the project wouldn't qualify for needed federal funding. Also, it is possible better transit around the development could be achieved with buses at much less cost.
SEPTA is exploring three possible routes a Broad Street Line extension might take into the Navy Yard.
A Broad Street Line extension has been on Philadelphia's wish list for years. A 2014 report on transportation access to the site predicted that engineering could begin this year. The expected price tag was much smaller — up to $400 million — at a news conference in 2015 in which Mayor Jim Kenney, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, and recently indicted union boss John J. Dougherty all threw their weight behind an extension. At that time, construction was predicted to begin by the end of this decade. The project has not progressed much since then.
The Broad Street Line's southern terminus is NRG Station, near Philadelphia's sports complex, about a mile and a half shy of the Navy Yard, which is home to 160 employers and 13,000 workers, and is still growing. The 1,200-acre site is projected to eventually sustain 13.5 million square feet of development and 30,000 people.
The cheapest of SEPTA's three extension options would run the subway line along Rouse Boulevard. The other two options would provide service deeper into the campus. All three would rely on enhanced bus service to connect riders with the rest of the campus. More details are expected by the end of February.
Creating a subway extension — the city's first tunneling since the 1970s — would be an enormous undertaking likely to occupy three to five years. The Rouse Boulevard plan, which proposes one new station on the Broad Street Line and is SEPTA's preference, would be a little more than a mile long. The two other alternatives, which each would add two stops to the line, would be just shy of two miles long.
SEPTA would have to invest in a tunnel boring machine, a massive piece of equipment that would be inserted through a pit near NRG Station and would burrow close to seven feet below sea level. It would go beneath I-95, Broad Street, and a freight rail line used by CSX, and would link to unused tracks directly beneath the active NRG Station platform, said Devin Plantamura, a track design engineer with the contractor HTNB. Stations, meanwhile, would be carved out with digging from the surface.
A 2014 survey found that 44 percent of the workers at the Navy Yard drive to their jobs, and at the open house some said a better public transit option would be welcome.
Ridership projections for the subway extension, which SEPTA did not have available Thursday, aren't high enough to meet the standards for federal funding. Grants take into consideration whether there is a residential development near a project, and the Navy Yard has none.
Typically, federal funding will cover half the costs of a major infrastructure project like the extension. The rest of the money would likely come from state and local contributions, said Chris Puchalsky of the city's Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability.
A change in commuting habits and more development at the site, including residential units PIDC says are coming, could boost ridership projections to meet federal requirements.


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How to open a .docx Word file on Mac, iPad or iPhone
Want to collaborate with PC-based colleagues? Here's how to open and edit those pesky .docx Word files on your Mac, iPad or iPhone, and how to save and export them in a PC-friendly format
By David Price, Editor | 11 Apr 18
One of the banes of modern working life comes about when trying to collaborate remotely with colleagues using different software. Mac users pick up a spreadsheet, presentation deck or word-processing document created by one of their Windows-based colleagues, and breathe a sigh of despair. Here we go again, they think.
Well, cheer up. Because the file type we're looking at here (we've already looked at editing .xlsx files on Mac and Pages documents on PC) is pretty simple. In this article we show how to open and edit .docx files created in Microsoft Word on a Mac, iPhone or iPad, as well as how to save changes in a format that can be opened on a PC.
Editing a .docx file on Mac
This one's easy.
A .docx file will open quite happily in Word for Mac, of course, but it can also be edited in Pages, the nearest thing to a first-party Apple equivalent. Simply drag the file on to Pages or Word in your dock and it'll open in the chosen application.
(Alternatively, you can right-click the file and select Open With. This is the easier option if Pages isn't in your dock.)
Once you've got the .docx file open in Pages, you can edit it to your heart's content.
Exporting from Pages on Mac
The difficulty comes when you try to save your edits; if you're dealing with a Windows PC user then you certainly won't want to save the document as a Pages document. (If you do, however, turn to our guide to opening Pages documents on PC.)
A better option is to export the document for Word. This feels counterintuitive, because it was a Word document when you got it, so it should be saved in the .docx format by default, right? Not so: Pages will default to Apple-friendly formats.
So, in Pages, go to File > Export To > Word. At this point you can select Advanced Options and choose a file format such as .doc, but it will default to .docx.
If you don't care about formatting it might be easier at this point to export as Plain Text, which is pretty much bombproof when it comes to cross-platform compatibility, but almost any special formatting will be lost.
Editing a .docx file on iPhone or iPad
An iPhone or iPad is capable of opening a .docx file too, but the way you handle the file varies somewhat depending on how you obtained it.
Let's say someone emailed the .docx file to you. In Mail, open the email, and you'll see an icon at the bottom which shows the name and size of the file, and its download progress. Once it's downloaded, you can tap it to open the file and see the contents.
But this is just a way of opening and seeing a docx file - this doesn't let you edit and resave the file for someone else to use in turn.
Assuming you've got Pages on your iDevice (and the app is free for all reasonably recent models) then the best approach is to tap and hold the document's icon in the email and then select Import with Pages from the sharing menu.
You may find some formatting problems at this point; we were told that the font we'd used in Word wasn't available in Pages, even though the same document didn't produce this message in Pages on Mac. Tap Done.
You should now see all your Pages documents, with the newly imported .docx file at the top of the list. Tap the new document to open it, and then make any desired changes.
Exporting from Pages on iPad or iPhone
As on the Mac, we will need to choose to export the document as a Word file, but on the iOS version of Pages the word 'export' is not used. Tap the 'three dots' menu icon at the top right to open the More menu, and tap 'Send a Copy'. Choose Word from the selection of formats.
At this point you can share the document (which will be saved as a .docx) via Mail, Message, AirDrop or any other method you prefer.
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Thorup: Plenty to improve on
F.C. Copenhagen head coach Jess Thorup says there are plenty of improvements to come after overseeing his first victory in charge of the Lions squad.
FCK beat Avarta 2-1 in the Danish Cup on Wednesday night and Thorup gave an honest assessment of the game.
"The score may not be convincing, but the stats speak clearly for themselves," said Thorup after Viktor Fischer earned FCK a comeback victory.
"We should have led with four or five goals at the break. We came back in the second half but otherwise I am really happy with the performance in the first half.
"There is a lot of energy, power and willingness to work hard in the team, and we created a lot of chances. Maybe we just lacked the last killer instinct to get it over the line, because we created a sea of chances.
"In parts of the second half we dropped off the pace too much and become at times too hectic, and our many substitutions characterised the game. But we got the victory, and that is, after all, the most important thing.
"I saw a lot of good performances today, and I think that is a good thing to take away from the match, but of course I also saw some things that we have to go home and talk about and work on."
FCK's next game is a 3F Superliga clash at FC Midtjylland on Sunday.
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Once upon a time, the slipper lived under the bed. The "bedroom" slipper was tired and dull or pink and fluffy and didn't get out much. Then Nanny Glerups had a dream to free the slipper. "A slipper should be comfortable, natural, and fun!" Glerups feel at home just about anywhere. People take Glerups for overnights. Throw Glerups into a purse or pack to slip into at parties. Relax in Glerups on long flights. Get natural in Glerups around the campsite. Your Glerups go where you go. You'll wish you could wear them everywhere!
At Glerups, we love wool and so do our sheep! The way that wool fibres capture and release moisture, the way wool "breathes," keeps sheep warm when it's cool and cool when it's warm.
In the wool fibres' outer layers, fat and protein are so tightly bound to each other that the wool fibre is completely closed to fluids. Water vapor can pass through to keep you comfortable while sweat cannot get into the actual wool fibre ensuring less perspiration odor to keep people around you comfortable.
Wool keeps the sheep's bare skin just the right temperature and it will do the same for your bare skin. The wool is washed in soft water, then carded and felted. The felt is formed into socks, which are steam-felted for a perfect fit before soft calfskin soles are glued, then sewn on, for lasting durability.


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More on Star Trek Titan: Absent Enemies — and a new Trek novel for 2015!
July 30, 2020 January 27, 2014 John Jackson Miller
(UPDATED 2/13, with the Absent Enemies cover!) It's been as cold as Mars (or Hoth, or Rura Penthe, or whatever chilly world you care to imagine) in Wisconsin this winter, but it's been good weather for writing. As always, I have a number of different projects on the desktop, both original and licensed — and I'm now able to share one of them, just announced by Simon and Schuster editor Margaret Clark on today's Trek Collective podcast. Following my debut in the Star Trek universe with next month's Titan: Absent Enemies e-novella, I have a full-length Star Trek novel releasing in 2015!
It's as Margaret describes: I had a lot of fun writing the novella, and was struck with a great idea for a stand-alone adventure novel set in the 24th Century era. It turned out to fit in well with Pocket Books' plans to focus on missions of exploration, as Margaret describes in the podcast, so I'm pleased to be doing it.
As she says in the interview, it involves the Aventine, the ship of Ezri Dax (who you may recall from Deep Space Nine and many fine Trek novels); there are also many characters familiar to viewers of The Next Generation with major roles. Far too early to say anything else, other than it should be a blast to read!
But — I can now share more about Absent Enemies, which releases February 24, as Simon and Schuster has posted the official description of the novella:
A thrilling e-novella based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, following the dramatic events as chronicled in the New York Times bestselling story arc The Fall!
Newly promoted Admiral William Riker and the crew of the U.S.S. Titan are ordered to race to Garadius IV—a planet Riker knows all too well from an unsuccessful peace mission when he was still first officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise. But this time, he finds a mysterious new situation: one with the potential to imperil the entire Federation. One of the warring parties has simply vanished…
That's right: we've got both TNG-series era Enterprise scenes in Absent Enemies as well as "present day" moments for recently-promoted Admiral Riker, in what really was an enjoyable story to write. I expect to be able to share the cover soon, but in the meantime, you can preorder Absent Enemies, which is e-book only, at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at iTunes, among other retailers.
That's the news of the morning: now, back to work for me. It's already a busy year!
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Immigrant Women at Highest Risk of Femicide in NYC
Feminist Majority Foundation Blog | November 1, 2004
A report recently released by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), "Femicide In New York City: 1995-2002," found women are more likely to be killed by an intimate partner than a stranger. Foreign-born women are at the highest risk. The findings also show the number of women killed by their partners has remained steady, despite an overall decrease in female homicides from 1995-2002. Foreign-born black and Hispanic women are three times more likely than US-born African-American and Hispanic women to be victims of intimate partner femicide, according to the study. Youth and poverty are also named among the risk factors; "a disproportionate number of relatively poor women," 61 percent, who fall in the under $34,000 income group are victims. Women between the ages of 20 and 29 are most likely to be killed by their intimate partner (34 percent). Carolyn A. Kubitschek, a lawyer and expert on domestic violence, highlights the shortage of domestic violence shelters. "One of the big dilemmas is where can these women go. There are still battered women who need a place tonight and can't find it," she told the New York Times. October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month, coordinated by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, which works to bring domestic violence to the front of public debate. DONATE to the Feminist Majority Foundation and support its National Center for Women in Policing
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Indian petrol pumps may soon stop selling petrol fuel and instead, concentrate on the merits of diesel. The pricing issues between crude and diesel have come to such an extent that we even heard that a few bike manufacturers are thinking of switching over to the sticky fuel. Needless to say, car manufacturers are coming out with only diesel models in their arsenal. Few like Nissan are an exception with their recent launch of the Sunny petrol. One of the world's largest car manufacturers, Toyota Motors, were supposed to bring in the diesel version of the Etios towards the early part of 2012. The spurts in the prices of petrol fuel have ensured that this deadline was met quite early and here we have both the newly launched Etios diesel and Liva diesel. We have a test drive report of the Toyota Etios diesel in India. Check on Road Price
Design wise, the Etios design has grown in to its buyers and also the general public. Infact, viewed from a distance, there are chances of confusing the Etios with its bigger cousin the Altis. The sculpted bonnet and the boomerang grille are the trademark for any Toyota vehicle in India. Only towards the rear, the D badges states that this is a diesel. Keen eyed ones would also notice that the intercooler is now more prominent in its approach here.
Interiors of this car are no different from the its petrol model, however, in a bid to price the Etios diesel competitively, the base diesel variant loses out on the fog lamps, audio system as also the tachometer. The second in line variant gains these features and gains the safety features – airbags and ABS. The top of the line variant, the VX-D gets a music system which is compatible with DVDs and audio controls on its flat bottomed steering wheels. Additionally the presence of red inserts makes this cabin seem a bit livelier. Externally the top end variant gets the side skirts as well. The seating arrangement and stuff also remain the same with the Etios boasting of one of the best cabin spaces in its segment. The boot space is the biggest in its class standing at nearly 600 liters. The plastics still aren't upto Toyota's lofty standards while the air conditioner controls wouldn't look out of place in a Alto.
There have been liberal coatings of underbody coating applied to the diesel variant. Noticeably so, the petrol variant didn't have this when it was launched. Due to the flak that it received for the high NVH in the petrol variant, foreseeing the added NVH of the diesel engine, Toyota have put in loads of thick cushioning and fatter carpets. The steering wheel does seem to have more life in this diesel variant than the petrol one. The added benefit of the diesel engine up ahead means that the Toyota Etios diesel in India has a more planted ride quality. Sudden braking attempts in gravel don't result in a skittish behavior, like the way the petrol one behaves. The turning circle is pretty much tight and more in the ball park of its competition, the Dzire. Beyond a certain rpm (3000), the engine becomes boomy and too much of noise permeates inside the cabin. Tyre noise is also present in this car and it can become irritating for some. The ground clearance of 170 mm is just about acceptable for the Indian road conditions and while we didn't scrape on any speed breakers, its advisable to check for the side skirts on the top end model as this are prone to scraping somewhat on the speed breakers.
The Toyota Etios diesel uses the fixed geometry turbo version of the 1.4 liter engine found in the bigger Altis. This 1.4 liter engine which goes by the code name of 1ND-TV generates 67 Bhp of power and 170 Nm of torque. The engine has been tuned more for driveability rather than outright performance. The 5 speed gearbox in the Etios diesel is also similar to that of the Altis minus one ratio. On the move, the Etios diesel feel sprightly. Even with a fixed geometry turbocharger, the turbo lag is minimal and this would appeal to many buyers. The gearshift is a notch better than the one in the petrol engined Etios. Even the clutch is on the lighter side and this comes as a surprise for a diesel car. Out on the highways, the performance can be found a bit lacking. Estimates say that this car can hit the ton in just about 16 seconds. The top speed may be a shade less than 160 kmph. Hitting more than a ton means that this car simply starts to groan and also too much of noise comes inside the cabin.
The kerb weight of the Etios diesel is just 1005 kgs. This is 75 kgs more than that of the petrol engined Etios. The ARAI certified mileage is 23.59 kmpl and this can be termed as one of the best in its class barring the one that Tata claims with its Indigo CS and eV2 – 25 kmpl.
Toyota have ensured that they have taken safety seriously in this car. With many manufacturers adopting the air bag less thing in their cars, Toyota have ensured that they have an optional safety pack on their diesel engined Etios variants. Just like the other Toyotas, this may not be an involving one to drive; however, it is an excellent point A to point B machine and a fuel efficient one at that. The Toyota Etios diesel price in India starts from Rs 6.44 lakhs while the top end model goes for Rs 7.87 lakhs. All these prices are ex-show room, Mumbai. The warranty period still remains 1 lakh kms or 3 years whichever is earlier. As of now, Toyota doesn't offer the option of extended warranty package on this car.
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Q: Multiple ParticleSystems in cocos2d I wonder about what road I should go with ParticleSystem. In this particular case I want to create 1-20 small explosions at the same time but with different positions. Right now I'm creating a new ParticleSystem for each explosion and then release it, but of course this is very punishing to the performance.
My question is: Is there a way to create one ParticleSystem with multiple emitting sources. If not should I create an array of ParticleSystem in init and then use a free one when an explosion is needed? Or is there another approach I haven't thought of?

A: refer ccparticleexamples.m in your cocos2d library.
It will help for show the different types of particle emitter.

A: I use a single particle system for each type of effect. So, one for a fire effect, one for a sparkle, one for an explosion, etc.
I use a category to add [enable] and [disable] methods to the base Cocos2D particle systems which looks like this:
ParticleEnhancement.h
#include "cocos2d.h"

@interface CCParticleSystem (particleEnhancement)
-(void)enable;
-(void)disable;
@end

ParticleEnhancement.m
#import "ParticleEnhancement.h"

@implementation CCParticleSystem (particleEnhancement)

-(void)enable {
  active = YES;
  elapsed = 0.0f;
}

-(void)disable {
  active = NO;
}

@end

Then when I want to trigger it I just set the position and call enable. The particle system will spawn a bunch of particles based on the initialization settings. The system can be triggered multiple times in different positions and previously generated particles will behave properly.
The main thing to consider is that you will need a larger particle budget to account for multiple instances of a given effect using a single system.
Also, this works for "triggered" effects, like an explosion but may not work so well for a long running effect like a smoke trail, I haven't really tested that.
I like doing it this way because it means I have fewer particle systems to wrangle and I don't have to deal with setting up a pool of particle systems. The particle system itself does a good job of handling a pool of particles, no need to replicate that again on the system level.
This technique is being used in my app TCG Counter for all of the particle effects.

A: Well, since no help was to be found I solved it in a way I thought was best. I made an array of Partlesystems.
When I needed an explosion at several points at once I basicly did this:
ParticleSystem *ps = [EnemyExplosions objectAtIndex:EnemyExplosionPointer++];
ps.position = ExpPoint;
[ps resetSystem];

A: I don't know if you can create multiple sources for a single ParticleSystem, but your second solution (creating an array of ParticleSystem) is a good general solution for solving this kind of problem. As long as you can reinitialise the ParticleSystem, you will avoid any other overhead such as instantiation costs and memory fragmentation.


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Isabel Clara Eugènia (Segòvia, 12 d'agost de 1566 - Brussel·les, Països Baixos espanyols, 1 de desembre de 1633 ) fou una infanta de Castella, princesa d'Aragó i arxiduquessa d'Àustria. Esdevingué per voluntat del seu pare Governadora dels Països Baixos des de 1598 fins al 1633. A més a més, el seu pare li cedí de forma vitalícia els títols de duquessa de Brabant, Limburg i Luxemburg i comtessa de Flandes, Artois i Borgonya, aquests títols els ostentà durant el període 1598-1621.

Família

Fou la primera filla del rei Felip II de Castella i la princesa Isabel de Valois. Era neta per línia paterna de l'emperador Carles I de Castella i Isabel de Portugal, i per línia materna del rei Enric II de França i Caterina de Mèdici. Fou germana gran, per línia paterna, del futur rei Felip III de Castella.

El seu naixement fou de gran joia pel rei castellà, expressant arreu de la Cort que aquesta era la filla més desitjada de tots els seus descendents i fou l'única que tingué el permís d'ajudar-lo en el seu treball, revisant documents i traduint de la llengua italiana a la llengua castellana documents per al seu pare.

Fou promesa, a l'edat de dos anys, amb el seu cosí i emperador Rodolf II, emperador romanogermànic, esperant la infanta castellana més de vint anys perquè aquest finalment no es decidís a casar-se amb ella.

Finalment es va casar a València el 18 d'abril de 1599 amb el germà petit de l'anterior, el seu cosí l'arxiduc Albert VII d'Àustria, fill de l'emperador Maximilià II, emperador romanogermànic i la infanta Maria d'Espanya. D'aquesta unió nasqueren tres fills:

 l'arxiduc Felip d'Àustria (1605)
 l'arxiduc Albert d'Àustria (1607)
 l'arxiduquessa Anna Maurícia d'Àustria (morta jove)

Successió a França
El 2 d'agost de 1598 morí assassinat el rei Enric III de França. Llavors Felip II realitzà tot un seguit de gestions polítiques, reclamant la corona de França per a la seva filla Isabel Clara Eugènia com a neboda del rei mort. Aquests drets successoris també foren reclamats per Enric III de Navarra, renebot del rei Francesc I de França.

La vigència de la Llei Sàlica a França, la renúncia d'Isabel de Valois, germana del rei mort, en el moment del seu casament amb el rei castellà, i les gestions de Felip II, un rei estranger, provocaren l'efecte contrari d'unir els catòlics i els hugonots francesos sota un sobirà estranger, per la qual cosa Enric III de Navarra, francès d'origen, fou designat rei de França amb el nom d'Enric IV de França.

Governadora dels Països Baixos

El 1596 el seu futur espòs havia estat designat pel rei castellà Governador dels Països Baixos, càrrec que ella exercí conjuntament amb el seu marit a partir del seu casament. Aquests nomenaments intentaren resoldre el problema generat per la insurrecció dels Països Baixos que havia donat lloc a la Guerra dels Vuitanta Anys.

El 1621, a la mort del seu espòs, Isabel Clara Eugènia continuà exercint de Governadora per desig exprés del seu nebot Felip IV de Castella. Durant el temps que va estar al càrrec de governadora alternà èxits, com la batalla de Breda el 1625, o fracassos com els de 's-Hertogenbosch el 1629 i Maastricht el 1632. En aquesta època, la de més esplendor de l'art barroc, Isabel Clara Eugènia s'envoltà, en la seva cort de Brussel·les, d'artistes com Rubens o Brueghel, el primer dels quals posteriorment es traslladà fins a la cort de Felip IV de Castella.

Isabel Clara Eugènia morí a Brussel·les el 1633.

Referències

Infants de Castella
Prínceps d'Aragó
Ducs de Brabant
Ducs de Limburg
Comtes de Flandes
Comtes d'Artois
Comtes de Borgonya
Dinastia dels Habsburg
Governadors dels Països Baixos
Segovians
Comtes del Charolais
Morts a la regió de Brussel·les-Capital
Clarisses Coletines
Naixements del 1566
Morts el 1633

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Our Cheese Fondue proved to be a little more challenging. We have friends from Switzerland and they are huge fans of fondue, which goes without saying since it originated there. I had been seeing some ads suggesting fondue during the holidays and figured we'd give it a go. Funny thing is that we had no idea what was involved in making it. We figured it's melted cheese so we just melt it and then eat it, guessing a small pot and some low heat was all we needed.
I knew gruyere was a very popular cheese in Switzerland and had read that it's usually used for fondue, so I picked up a block of cheese. Then on the evening of 12/23 I hit the internet to find out how to make this melted cheese without a fondue pot. What I read was that there were a few ingredients in fondue besides just the cheese, including white wine, garlic, cornstarch and lemon juice. As luck would have it, we had all of them except the white wine, so we made a trip to our local liquor store on 12/24.
We arrived home, hungry and ready to start warming everything up. We used a 1:1 mixture for the wassail and wine and put it on a low heat. Next we consulted that trusty article about making fondue, http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2015/02/cheese-fondue-emmentaler-gruyere-recipe.html. We created a double boiler, or at least our version of it and started following the cooking directions… An hour later, our cheese still wasn't smooth and melted. It was more like a blob of cheese in puddle of opaque wine.
What else could we try? We assumed it looked this way because it wasn't hot enough. We got really creative and crushed a steel can to set inside the boiling water in order to rest the ceramic pot. Surprisingly this did it! Only a few minutes later it was all smooth, delicious looking, and finally ready to eat.
We sat down in front of our fireplace, with our warm wine and melted cheese, all ready to sweat with our holiday treats. It was over 80 degrees that day, but that didn't stop us from enjoying a new tradition. We did conduct one of our official tastings, complete with notes too, for all of you to enjoy these treats along with us.
Since our mulled wine was in coffee cups there wasn't really a way to swirl them for aromas but that wassail was so aromatic, it was easy to identify. I noticed cloves and fruit as well as being reminded of a Christmas candle. I could smell all of this while it was warming up and kept going into the kitchen for another whiff! The flavors were definitely spice and berry, with the spice filling your entire mouth. A few times I was able to taste orange citrus too. Another time, it reminded me of gingerbread. Neil agreed with the spice and berry but decided overall it was like a warm gummy bear blanket! Guess it was very comforting! There was no question that it was good and the temperature was just right, not super hot but warm.
Of course we paired the mulled wine with the fondue, during all our relaxing. I didn't find much change or interaction between the two. Neil thought there might be too much spice for interaction but he felt the wine cleansed his mouth and reset his palate before having another taste of the fondue. Well that's a cool way to look at it! And all three of our "dippers" were delicious with the cheese. Neil enjoyed the salt of the pretzels with the cheese and thought the olives tasted "stuffed" in the cheese. We were a little nervous it wouldn't be enough food but by the end of the night we were quite full and all our wine and fondue were gone. I'd say it was a great way to spend Christmas Eve!
Happy Holidays to all of you and We wish you a terrific New Year!


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You can access up to 35% towards your project if the total cost is between £3,000 and £8,000. The funding covers a wide variety of areas including design costs for marketing and branding as well as website design and development.
If you would like any further information I'd be happy to chat through or visit the NBSL website.
*Only businesses based in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and Country Durham can apply currently.


This awesome bundle includes 3 different printable Maori Language BINGO games and activities for learning Te Reo Maori vocabulary for Food, Vehicles and Animals - a great variety of games to keep your students interested and engaged while learning Maori language words and numbers. Lots of different words to learn while playing and having fun in any New Zealand Kindergarten or Primary classroom.
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Canada Day! No celebrations at the lodge though. The girls and I got up early because some people had been seeing peccaries on the Titi trail in the morning. We were having no luck and then Genevieve looked back on the trail and saw a single peccary, but unfortunately it was gone before Charlotte and I could see it. After breakfast Genevieve and I took one last hike through the tropical gardens where we saw baby coatis. And I heard a noise overhead, turned up to focus the binoculars on it and right into focus pops a little head of a baby spider monkey looking straight down at me. Man, I am going to miss this place!
It started to rain as we were packing up. The Bosque guys came to help us with our stuff and then we loaded it all onto the truck (luggage in garbage bags) and we headed down to Puerto Jimenez. Once we got off the cape the rain stopped. We checked into our Sansa flight to San Jose and then went in search of food. Found a soda close by but it was so slow, we barely had time to eat before it was time to get on the plane. Once in San Jose we had to check in again for Liberia and we watched a fine Telenovela on the tv while we waited for that flight. Boarded up, same pilot and copilot, an older guy and a really young woman, nice to see. She landed the plane fine in Liberia, I think it was her first time at that airport as she was getting lots of instruction. Huge airport, nobody there! It was dark and a little creepy because we were the only flight in, but there was a help desk person who called the rental car to send a shuttle. We picked up our Budget rental car, fired up the GPS and headed out to Playa Conchal.
Unfortunately it was raining again so that made the drive a little harder but the entire road is paved now which is nice. We got to the Westin Playa Conchal, wow, really nice place! Everyone was so friendly. They greeted us with a drink, explained how it worked (that everything, including the mini bar and room service was all inclusive). And we were very much looking forward to hot showers! We got cleaned up, so nice, and then went to the buffet restaurant for dinner. Blech. They were serving traditional Costa Rican food which may or may not have been authentic but it was all this stew kind of stuff that I just don't like. Definitely making those restaurant reservations for the rest of the dinners! When we got back to the room, the kids ordered room service deserts, because they could, and those were very good.


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The shared entrance is accessible via a tiled front garden. Hall with meter cupboard.
Stairs to the top floor through your own door.
Portal with access doors to kitchen, living room, dining room and bathroom.
Entire apartment has laminate flooring.
Open kitchen with 4 burner gas stove, combi oven, extractor hood, fridge, dishwasher and ample storage cupboards.
Bright living room with 3 spacious windows with tasteful blinds. Adjoining dining room / TV room with 2 windows on the street side. The adjacent bathroom has white tiles, sink with medicine cabinet, shower, toilet and window.
Access to 2 spacious bedrooms ± 12m2, both with skylight. Storage options under a sloping roof. Storage cupboard with central heating boiler from 2007.
At the rear of the house access to shared bicycle storage.


On October 31 at approximately 6:45 p.m., a 911 caller reported a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian in the 800 block of 3rd Street in the city of Carlton. Carlton County Sheriff's deputies, along with Carlton Fire and Ambulance, responded to the accident.
The accident involved a vehicle traveling north on 3rd Street hitting a juvenile male that was crossing the roadway. The driver of the vehicle stated he did not see the child run out into the road until it was too late. Witnesses at the scene stated they saw a person run out in front of the vehicle which was traveling in front of them.
The child, a 10-year-old boy, was transported to Cloquet Memorial Hospital by Carlton Fire and Ambulance Service with an apparent leg injury.
Though the investigation is ongoing, no citations were issued to the driver of the vehicle.


VECV to build new plant?
With the Pithampur (Indore) plant running at full capacity, VE Commercial Vehicles is looking at a new plant, claim industry sources. They draw attention to the shift of Eicher heavy-truck production out of the Bangalore facility of Volvo Trucks. The Eicher heavy trucks claimed to be based on Volvo Asia truck platform, are said to be adding to the already overflowing Pithampur plant. Claimed to average 7000 units per month, any rise in demand may call for the creation of a new manufacturing facility, mention sources. They draw attention to the company clocking sales of 6000 units in December 2017, and express that VECV, with an offering in almost every segment of the CV market in India barring the SCV segment will sooner or later have to invest in a new plant. They claim that the company is looking at investing Rs.400 to Rs.500 crore in FY2018-19, a chunk of which is earmarked for BSVI technology development, and the development of an electric vehicle range. If VECV would develop the parcel of land it is said to have at Bhopal is not yet clear. the Bangalore facility of Volvo Trucks, at the other end, will soon start rolling out Volvo cars.


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John Abraham on Parmanu: We hope we make it to the National Awards
Abhishek Singh June 13 2018, 10.35 pm
Actor John Abraham is flying high these days with the success of his latest release Parmanu - The Story of Pokhran. The film recently completed a 50-day-run at the box office. The 45-year old model turned actor has something to cherish finally after a series of average performances in films like Welcome Back, Rocky handsome and Force 2.
The actor was recently present at the press meet to celebrate the occasion with media. The actor spoke at length about the changing trends in Bollywood, audience, media's perception and the ups and downs in his career. "See it's cyclical. If your one film does good, then people laud you for it and you get a bouquet of flowers for it and if your film doesn't do well, then you also get brickbats for it. So I think I have become an old horse in this industry. Now I understand what works for the film and what runs in the mind of people," said the actor.
The actor who has been in the industry for nearly 15 years, expressed his desire of Parmanu winning a National Award. "We hope we make it to the National Awards. I think it will be well deserved on the part of our director, Abhishek Sharma. It's a good, commercial, entertaining and content-driven film but it's too early to talk about our chances of winning a National Award. We are not over-confident people. We think we will deserve whatever the jury will decide for our film but at the same time I think people loved the film and that is important for us," he said.
We hope that Parmanu cracks the coveted award.
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← Tolkien Has Been Besieged!
Here is how people are reacting to the news Christopher Tolkien is not longer manning the gate, that sounds like half of this blog. We leftist, magical people are losing ground. William Morris was a Socialist. The Pre-Raphaelites were against capitalism and for civil and human rights. They backed 'The Little People' with a new spiritualism. Amazon is devoid of religion and mysticism.
Why I have put together for the answer of how Amazon skirts the death of Arrgon, can be swallowed up and used by BIG A IN SKY. I am working on a plan.
Whether or not this adaption sticks with the heir of Isildur remains to be seen but with the series reportedly locked in for five seasons and the first two alone potentially costing as much as $500 million USD, a familiar character with a deep story pool makes sense.
Amazon declined to comment on the report to IGN.
Absolutely no respect towards Tolkien. You all disgust me.
I am horrified by this. The timing, the deal with Amazon.
Is this the moment when us fans of J. R. R. Tolkien and his ever committed and wonderfully talented son must walk away and cherish what we have?
Well, I think we'll always have the books to cherish. But new generations have grown up within the Tolkien family and within Tolkien fandom itself. Books are no longer the primary source of mass entertainment. This was long expected in fandom. It's a shock, to be sure. But we'll transition through this just as the Tolkien family is moving forward. I don't think the younger family members are being disrespectful at all of JRRT's creation. He himself had decided early on "Art or Cash", so he was always open to making a substantial financial deal.
To be honest, an adaptation of Tolkien's creation in a ""fill the gaps" creation strikes me as more respectful, if anything, of the source material and may be why Christopher Tolkien had a more accepting position on this than for the movies.
It doesn't goes against Tolkien's litterary work (altough it's perfectly able to go against the thematics and the motivations but that's another matter) and can be seen as a good hommage : in fact, more different outlooks on Middle-Earth would be a fine thing if it breaks the mold of the movie's aesthetics dominance providing with an array of differents ones.
For instance, I'd give its chance to a movie about the Battle of Dale with a script and a creative director that would not shy away to fill the gaps and to tell tales of their own. I'd probably enjoy it more than yet another retelling of a story more or less clumsy (both to divert too much from the books, and diverting not enough at times, which are both current problems IMHO).
I may be partial, because I particularily enjoyed the stance taken by The One Ring RPG, with both an aesthetic fitting my own perception (Early Medieval style), and the pretence note to "complete" Tolkien's work but to provide their own subjective (including within Middle-Earth tales) creativity within a litterary frame which is not dogmatic to begin with.
This approach is, for me, perfectly respectful of JRRT and his tales.
In fact, what I'm picturing there is the tale of the creation of dwarves. Aulë doesn't mean to be disrespectful and only wanted to emulate Eru's own creation to pay an hommage and to answer his own creative need. And Eru didn't taken as irrespectful but kindly blessed Aule's dwarves.
We can all be the Aulë, being so admirative of Tolkien's work and impatient to dwell in his world that we create things that we know doesn't fit perfectly but hope that it would be liked.
Sure there will be crap. That's unfortunatly impossible to prevent : but most of us and most of "new members" does like Tolkien, far from being disrespectful.
This 'fill in the gaps' is actually what's worries me the most, since there is no guarantee that it will be good or fitting for the setting in the first place and adding to that the changes and alterations to established things it may turn into something so ridiculous like Shadow of War game (sequel to Shadow of Mordor) which contradicted or upturned all major lore points to the point of messing with fundamental rules of the world (though these games are more bastardization of material, adaptation of adaptations so to speak, movie tie-ins more than reflecting the book). One has to be careful when adding things that were not there is first place (if not then we get cheesy Dwarf-elf romance in the Hobbit films or rabbit sleds for Brown Wizard who is as crazy as he looks).
Perhaps it is time for a new generation to have a go. Frankly, artistic sensibility aside, that theme runs throughout JRRT's writings: the whole saga is about endings and transition. Galadriel saw it, as did others, and so it goes. My biggest fear is that care and attention to detail will fall prey to profit-seeking corporate stupidity. There is great potential here for true art. JRRT's stuff is not the pastiche of GRRM or Brooks. It takes time and concentration–attention must be paid in order to do it well and to give it justice. Let this get in the hands of an arrogant, deconstructionist director, and you have a recipe for artistic disaster.
Some of us strive for "what we already know,set out fair and square without contradictions",and not for any expansion by hands other than the original.If you want to exercise your own imagination don't use someone else's material.
The Amazon concept remains within the umbrella of the already-sold rights to TLotR,which means that whatever they make will derive somehow from what's in there (including,to be clear,the Appendices).
But no adaptation can ever be good enough,and any alternative to encountering the story through the books always discouraged.
TV/movie content for generations: Do the "Real Lord of the Rings" – the history of Sauron's involvement in Middle Earth. Not necessarily starring him, but there's plenty of stories in his meddling in the affairs of other races, and the Elves' creation of the Rings could take several seasons to tell. Then there's the resulting wars, the Dwarves in Moria and their relations with the Elves, all that happened in Numenor, etc. All of that can be developed from the Appendices, just in the Second Age. Then there's the more familiar Third Age.
While I wished Jackson and Christopher had been able to reach an understanding for The Silmarillion which, would have at least been based on an established story I respected Christopher's commitment to his father's work.
I'm very sure this will be a vehicle for Bezos to perpetuate his socialist agenda. It will be twisted in ways we cannot imagine. The only thing we will recognize will be names and places.


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Q: React js pass objects to component in multiple map iterations The values do not arrive to the <Column component. The console.log lines print out the correct values to the console. If I remove the outer map iteration and fill up the variables with the same content the values arrive to the <Column component and I can use the values as props as usual. Why is that?
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International Assistance 2419
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Amount Approved
Funded by Committee Italy (2008-2019) India (2011-2019) Partnerships (2013-2018) Finland (2013-2019) Rep. of Korea (2013-2019) Philippines (2015-2019) Turkey (2015-2019) Czech Rep. (2004-2005) Germany (2017-2017)
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N°: 2419
Historic Areas of Istanbul - Restoration of the mosaics of Hagia-Sophia
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Process Step
Historic Areas of Istanbul
Amount Requested: 80,000 USD
Type of Assistance: Cultural / Conservation
Modality: Technical Cooperation
World Bank: UMC
Decision: Approved
Decision by: Committee
Approved amount: 80,000 USD
Decision Date: 16 Dec 1994
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The Committee noted that the Bureau in examining the ten technical cooperation requests for cultural properties, two submitted by ICCROM and eight by States Parties, gave priority to activities for properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger and to those having a catalytic affect rather than for the funding of specific restoration works, in accordance with previous decisions taken by the Committee.
Reauests approved by the Bureau:
The Historic Town of Ouro Preto (Brazil) - US$20,000
The Bureau approved US$20,000 out of the total amount of US$50,000, subject to obtaining assurance that the balance of US$30,000 for the construction of five houses for the relocation of the affected inhabitants is funded by other sources.
ICCROM Technical Assistance - US$25,000
The Bureau approved this financial support to the ICCROM Technical Assistance Programme to supply institutions of State Parties, free of charge, with basic documentation, scientific and didactic equipment and conservation products.
Printing of Management Guidelines for World Cultural Heritage Sites, by B.M. Feilden and J. Jokilehto - US$6,900
The Bureau approved this request to support the printing cost of the French-language edition of this publication if other sources, notably of the Fra-ncophone community cannot be identified.
Requests approved by the Committee:
The Committee approved the following requests on the basis of the recommendations of the Bureau:
Old City of Dubrovnik (Croatia) - US$50,000
The Committee approved the full requested amount of US$ 50,000 for, inter alia, the purchase of equipment for the documentation centre; expertise for the development of a tourism development plan; promotional and educational material and activities on World Heritage in Dubrovnik.
Wieliczka Salt Mine (Poland) - US$100,000
The Committee approved this request for US$100,000 to purchase the dehumidifying equipment required for the preservation of the salt sculptures of this World Heritage Site in Danger.
Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) - US$52,000
The Committee approved the requested US$ 52,000 for the deployment of a UNESCO international technical advisor for 6 months in view of the serious and urgent need for strengthen measures to redress the present state of conservation of the Kathmandu Valley.
The Complex of the Hue Monuments (Vietnam) - US$108,000
(Upgrading of the Hue Conservation Laboratory)
The Committee approved the amount of US$108,000 to meet the cost of laboratory equipment purchase (US$ 72,700) and related short-term training to enable the Hue authorities to have the basic facilities to overcome the present obstacles to conservation. The World Heritage Centre should, however, be consulted on the list of equipment, and approve the detailed specification and cost estimate; as well as the selection of the international experts.
Historic Areas of Istanbul (Turkey) - US$80,000
(Restoration of the mosaics of Hagia-Sophia)
The Committee approved an amount of $80,000 to complete the final phase of this restoration project.
Requests not approved by the Committee:
Ngorongoro Conservation Area (United Republic of Tanzania)
(International Conference on Ngorongoro, in Bellagio, Italy)
The Committee endorsed the Bureau's view not to approve this request although the value of the proposed international conference in Italy for the Tanzanian conservators is recognized, and in view of the fact that other funding sources are available for this Conference at the Rockefeller Foundation in Italy.
Palmyra (Syrian Arab Republic)
The Committee did not approve this request for US$90,000 but suggested that the Syrian authorities submit an alternative request to prepare a global and coherent conservation programme for this site in accordance with the recommendations of the UNESCO expert mission which took place in December 1993.
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1. Old City of Dubrovnik (Croatia) - US$50,000
The Bureau recommended the approval of the full requested amount of US50,000 for, inter alia, the purchase of equipment for the documentation centre; expertise for the development of a tourism development plan; promotional and educational material and activities on World Heritage in Dubrovnik.
2. Wielizska Salt Mine (Poland) - US$100,000
The Bureau recommended, after considerable debate, the approval by the Committee of this request for US$100,000 to purchase the dehumidifying equipment required for the preservation of the salt sculptures of this World Heritage Site in Danger.
3. Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) - US$52,000
The Bureau recommended approval by the Committee of the requested US$52,000 for the deployment of a UNESCO international technical advisor for 6 months in view of the serious and urgent need for strengthen measures to redress the present state of conservation of the Kathmandu Valley.
4. The Complex of the Hue Monuments (Vietnam) (Upgrading of the Hue Conservation Laboratory) - US$108,000
The Bureau recommended the approval of the amount of US$108,000 to meet the cost of laboratory equipment purchase (US$72,700) and related short-term training to enable the Hue authorities to have the basic facilities to overcome the present obstacles to conservation. The World Heritage Centre should, however, be consulted on the list of equipment, and approve the detailed specification and cost estimate, as well as the selection of the international experts.
5. Historic Areas of Istanbul (Turkey) (Restoration of the mosaics of Hagia-Sophia) - US$80,000
The Bureau recommended approval by the Committee of an amount of US$80,000 to complete the final phase of this restoration project.
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Everything You Need to Know About Running Hills
Consider this your go-to guide for crushing undulating terrain.
by Jenny McCoy Published: Nov 17, 2022
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Learning how to run hills—and run them well—is an important skill for all runners. They help you get fitter, faster and they build serious strength in your hips, legs, and core.
The reason hills are so good for you is the same reason athletes love to hate them: They're hard. Sometimes really hard.
Master the Incline With These 4 Hill Workouts
"I hate running hills myself," says Janet Hamilton, certified strength and conditioning specialist, exercise physiologist, and running coach with Running Strong. Hamilton believes most runners loathe hills because, quite simply, they're doing them wrong.
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With the right tips and know-how, though, any athlete can improve their hill running abilities—and maybe even learn to enjoy them in the process. Here's what you need to know about how to run hills.
The benefits of running hills
Hill-specific training is "super beneficial," says Hamilton. For one, it can help build strength in your core and lower body. That's because compared to running on flat ground, running up an incline requires you to exert more force to resist the pull of gravity.
To exert that force, your muscles—especially your hips, core, and legs—have to work harder. "It's like resistance training," says Nicole Sifuentes, certified strength and conditioning specialist, two-time Olympian, and running coach with Sifuentes Coaching.
Moreover, when your muscles work harder, your heart and lungs also work harder to supply your body with the oxygen it needs to fuel for your muscles, explains Hamilton. That makes hill training a great cardio challenge, too.
"Even if you run 'easy' up a hill, it gets your heart pumping faster than if you're just on flat ground," says Sifuentes.
3 Treadmill Incline Workouts
In addition, hill training forces the body into a different range of motion that can be beneficial for improving your mobility. As Sifuentes explains it, to move up a hill, you have to pick your knees up higher and have greater hip extension than you do when striding on flat ground. That greater range of motion leads to greater mobility, she says. Additionally, when you return to flat terrain, your stride may feel smoother and easier because your body isn't having to force itself through the same extreme range of motion, she explains.
On top of that, when running hills, it can be easier to understand—and put into practice—good running form. "When you're running, generally the thought should be that you are pushing yourself forward when you run," explains Sifuentes. "You don't want [your foot] to land way out in front of your body; you want it to land underneath your body so that you can put force into the ground and push yourself forward." On hills, it's a little easier to internalize that concept, says Sifuentes, who encourages runners to think about "pushing" themselves uphill, not pulling.
Research supports the notion that hills are worth your while: A study of 32 athletes published in 2017 concluded that 12 weeks of hill training can significantly boost VO2 max, resting heart rate, speed endurance, and race performance for middle- and long-distance athletes. Another study, from 2009, found that the 54 runners who trained on sloping terrain for eight weeks saw greater improvements in their maximum running speed during a 35-meter sprint test, compared to runners who trained on flat ground.
The caveat to all this is that runners with Achilles problems and knee issues that hurt going downhill should get treatment for their ailments and avoid hill training until their issues resolve, says Sifuentes. That's because powering up an incline can place a lot of strain on the calves, and tackling a descent can exacerbate certain knee problems.
Is Running Bad for Your Knees? Here Are the Facts
How to run and race uphill
A lot of runners like to "attack" hills, or try to hold the same pace up an incline that they were maintaining on level ground, says Hamilton. While that tenacity is commendable, these athletes often arrive at the top of hill extremely winded. Then, they'll try to recover on the downhill and subconsciously pump the brakes on their speed, which will then burn up more energy in their quads as a result. "It's just not the most productive way to do hills," Hamilton explains.
A better strategy for hill racing, say Hamilton and Sifuentes, is to focus on maintaining a consistent effort uphill.
Here's how that works and how you can practice it in a workout: As you run on level ground, get a sense of how hard you're working at that given pace, says Hamilton. Notice what your breathing is like and your rate of perceived exertion; you can also check your heart rate, if you're wearing a device that tracks it. Then, as you begin climbing a hill, try to keep your effort at the same level. You'll likely need to slow down to make that happen.
If the hill is super steep, you may even need to walk, and that's okay. The upside is that you'll reach the top of the climb no more taxed than you were at the bottom, and as a result, you can "take advantage of the free gift of gravity on the downhill side," says Hamilton.
"With this even-effort approach, you may be a tad slower on the uphill but you won't fry your energy reserves and you'll likely make up any 'lost' time on the downhill stretches," she explains.
How Breathing Affects Your Performance
Now, once you've gotten comfortable with this effort-based approach on a variety of hills—long, short, shallow, steep—you can start experimenting with pace, says Hamilton. For example, perhaps you try holding your speed on a short, shallow hill and see how that impacts your effort level. Once you gain confidence in holding your pace up hills, you can alternate between an "even-effort" and "even-pace" approach on hills, says Hamilton.
Eventually, advanced athletes may try what Hamilton calls a "surge-effort" approach to hills: Basically, you focus on getting to the top of the hill as quickly as possible without allowing yourself to slow once you reach the top. That means you need to hold a speed and effort that you can maintain through and after the ascent. "This keeps people from totally sprinting up a hill only to crash at the top and need to recover," explains Hamilton, who recommends runners typically only use this strategy in racing toward the very end.
All that said, for most non-elite runners, the best race-day strategy is to hold the same effort on hills, says Hamilton.
Now, in a workout, you can definitely use the surge-effort approach to hills as a way to get in high-intensity training (so long as you've mastered the even-effort and even-pace strategies first), says Hamilton. This might involve doing fast hill repeats where you run up the same incline for a set number of reps at a speedy clip.
Just keep in mind hill repeats aren't meant to be performed at an all-out pace. "You don't want to start the first hill at max effort because you're going to have a difficult time running a good entire workout," says Sifuentes.
In terms of proper form, there aren't any cues specific to uphill running, says Sifuentes—simply follow the same guidance as you would on flat ground. Avoid reaching forward and "pawing at the ground," says Sifuentes. "All that's going to lead you to is overstriding." Instead, focus on landing with your foot directly below your body. Push off the ground using your glutes, and push the ground away behind you.
If your goal is to go fast up a hill, think quick steps and fully extend your hips, knees, and ankles, Sifuentes adds.
How to Finally Nail the Proper Running Form
How to get better at running uphill
Want to improve your hill running abilities? Then run more hills. "It sounds very simple, but you will get better if you do them more often," says Sifuentes.
To get more specific, Hamilton recommends that runners who are new to hills (or returning to them after a long hiatus or injury) start by finding an incline that takes roughly 30 to 90 seconds to run up at an easy effort. Then, climb that hill and focus on arriving at the top no more winded than you were at the bottom, following the even-effort approach. After climbing the hill, run on level ground for 30 seconds, then turn around, descend the hill, and repeat three or four times total. Do this mini workout once a week for two weeks in a row. If your body tolerated it okay (meaning, you don't have any lingering pains or strains), you can increase the intensity, says Hamilton.
Now, how you increase the intensity of your hill training is up to you and depends a lot on your goals. You could, for example, raise the bar by simply tackling more challenging hills—perhaps ones that are longer, steeper, or both. You could progress to the even-pace approach, where you hold your speed as you climb while paying attention to how that impacts your effort level.
Or, if you're comfortable with both the even-effort and even-pace approach, you could then incorporate the surge-effort strategy by sprinkling fast hill repeats into your workouts. Just make sure that you're giving your body enough time to rest in between high-intensity sessions—hill sprints are not something you would likely want to do every single week, says Sifuentes.
Additionally, if you're prepping for a race, you may decide to incorporate race pace training on a hilly course so you can practice holding the same race pace effort as you tackle an incline, says Hamilton. When training specifically for a race with hills, "think about what your event profile looks like," says Hamilton. "If you can include hills that resemble the ones you'll see on race day, that's ideal."
Outside of actually running, you can also build your hill climbing abilities in the gym. Doing functional, lower-body exercises—like squats and lunges, or even just taking the stairs—can strengthen the muscles that help you power up an incline, says Hamilton. As a general rule of thumb, Hamilton encourages runners to do flexibility exercises daily and strength work two to three times a week.
Lift Heavy Now, Run Faster Later
Don't forget about running downhill
Hill training isn't just about going up—what you do on the downhill matters, too. If you don't practice for it, downhill running can "wreck your legs," due to how hard your muscles have to work to brake, says Sifuentes. That's why you should balance uphill training with downhill running, too.
For effective downhill running, Hamilton encourages athletes to accept the "gift of gravity," "go with the flow," and land with "light, quick feet." Your cadence and effort downhill should stay the same, but your stride length will increase due to gravity. As a result, your speed will increase, too.
That said, make sure you're not overstriding as you descend. "If you're taking huge strides down the hill, you're going to have to brake even more with each step," which will force your legs to work even harder, says Sifuentes. Think about rolling from heel to toe slightly, says Sifuentes, because landing on your forefoot going downhill can be extra tough on the calves.
Lastly, though it can be tempting to fly downhill, keep tabs on your speed. "I wouldn't sprint down," says Sifuentes, "unless maybe the race is finishing." Sprinting downhill, she explains, would likely wreck your quads.
For more on downhill running, including expert-recommended workouts and how to improve your decline abilities, read more about why you should be training to run downhill.
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Jenny is a Boulder, Colorado-based health and fitness journalist. She's been freelancing for Runner's World since 2015 and especially loves to write human interest profiles, in-depth service pieces and stories that explore the intersection of exercise and mental health. Her work has also been published by SELF, Men's Journal, and Condé Nast Traveler, among other outlets. When she's not running or writing, Jenny enjoys coaching youth swimming, rereading Harry Potter, and buying too many houseplants.
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Lauren Tubby in the new sensory room. Picture by Mark Bullimore Photography.
Diss' largest care home has appointed a new manager.
Lauren Tubby took up the position at De Lucy House on Victoria Road last month.
At just 30, she is the youngest care home manager to be appointed by the Greensleeves Care group, which runs 24 care homes across England.
De Lucy was recently award a 'good' rating by the CQC and graded as 'outstanding' in the area of responsiveness.
"I have always been inspired by, and passionate about care work and it's great to be working with the team of 113 staff at De Lucy," said Lauren.
"I have lived in Diss all of my life and worked at the home since it opened in September 2015, so I really feel part of the community and proud of it.
Lauren is now working on a number of new projects. De Lucy has 60 beds, split between residents and those living with dementia. It recently won five of 11 awards in Greensleeve's award scheme.
"We are working on a new sensory room and a bar, which was requested by the residents," said Lauren.
"We are also looking to build on our summer fetes and fundraising activities as Greensleeves is a registered charity and not-for-profit organisation.
"People are at the heart of everything we do."
Lauren is also exploring the need for a day care service and would like to hear from people who would find it of benefit.
"Day care can provide vital social interaction for people as well as services such as chiropody and hairdressing, for instance," said Lauren.
Anyone interested in a new day care service should email lauren.tubby@greensleeves.org.uk
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Réjean Thomas, C.M., C.Q., MD, LMCC, DHC,  né à Tracadie au Nouveau-Brunswick en 1955, est un médecin canadien. Il est surtout connu pour son engagement envers les personnes atteintes du SIDA. Il est le fondateur de Médecins du monde Canada, dont il a été président, et fondateur de la clinique médicale L'actuel à Montréal.

Biographie

Il commence ses études à l'université de Moncton où il obtient un diplôme en sciences de la santé (1974). Il poursuit ensuite ses études à l'Université Laval à Québec, où il poursuit un baccalauréat en sciences de la santé jusqu'en 1977, puis un doctorat en médecine en 1978. En 1979, il reçoit sa licence de la Corporation professionnelle des médecins du Québec. En 1993, il complète un certificat en philosophie de l'Université de Montréal.

Il pratique la médecine à Rimouski et à Montréal de 1979 à 1984. En collaboration avec trois autres médecins il fonde en 1984 la clinique L'Annexe qui va devenir en 1987 L'actuel. En 2017, ce centre jouit d'une renommée internationale pour la détection des infections sexuellement transmissibles (abrégé au Québec par ITSS : infections transmissibles sexuellement et par le sang). Spécialisée dans les tests de dépistage, cette clinique regroupe 23 médecins et une quinzaine d'employé(e)s. Le  Réjean Thomas en est le président et pratique aussi des consultations en tant que médecin clinicien. Après avoir été défait aux élections en 1994 comme candidat du Parti québécois, il est nommé conseiller spécial à l'action humanitaire internationale du Québec, le . Par la suite, il est régulièrement sollicité par les principaux partis politiques au Québec, mais il ne s'engagera plus en politique active. Par exemple, lors des élections générales du Québec en 2007, il a été invité à se présenter comme candidat du Parti québécois par son chef André Boisclair.

Par ailleurs, depuis , il est conseiller médical au CHUM, et membre associé au Centre sur le Sida de l'Université McGill. Durant cette même année il fonde le bureau québécois de Médecins du monde et sera le premier président de Médecins du Monde Canada, poste qu'il occupe jusqu'en 2007.

Au cours de sa carrière, Réjean Thomas a participé à de nombreuses missions humanitaires.

Pour sensibiliser la population au thème des ITSS, il a dû surmonter plusieurs préjugés contre les homosexuels et les toxicomanes, personnes théoriquement plus susceptibles d'acquérir le SIDA. Il est un artisan de la prévention, de la recherche et de l'aide à la qualité de vie des malades.

À l'automne 2008, le journaliste Luc Boulanger a écrit un livre sur le parcours de Réjean Thomas, Médecin de cœur, homme d'action.

Prix et hommages

 1992 - Prix Hommage et Reconnaissance des médecins de cœur et d'action.
 1993 - Tahani Rached rendra hommage au docteur Thomas ainsi qu'aux autres fondateurs de l'Actuel en réalisant le film Médecins de cœur.
 1994 - Prix d'excellence de la Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux de la Montérégie.
 2001 - Doctorat honorifique de l'université de Moncton.
 2004 - Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Pléiade par l'Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie.
 2004 - Prix Hommage aux Héros de la Fondation Farha.
 2004 - Nommé Personnalité de la semaine par le quotidien La Presse (semaine du ).
 2004 - Nommé une des dix personnalités de l'année par les téléspectateurs du Téléjournal/Le Point de la Société Radio-Canada.
 2005 - Médaille Gloire de l'Escolle.
 2005 - Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec.
 2006 - Prix de reconnaissance dans le cadre de la « Troisième conférence internationale de la CCAS sur le VIH et le Sida ».
 2007 - « Les Héros 2006 », une des cinq personnalités canadiennes, sélectionnées par les lecteurs du Reader's Digest, pour sa contribution exceptionnelle dans le domaine de la santé, au Québec ou ailleurs dans le monde.
 2008 - En reconnaissance de la contribution au succès économique de la province du Nouveau-Brunswick, le gouvernement de cette province a octroyé au  Réjean Thomas le titre officiel « d'ambassadeur du Nouveau-Brunswick ».
 2009 - Ordre du Mérite des diplômés et diplômées de l'Université de Moncton décerné par l'Association des anciens, anciennes et amis de l'Université de Moncton (l'AAAUM).
 2009 -  Le  Réjean Thomas a été nommé membre de l'Ordre du Canada, pour son dévouement et ses actions visant la prévention et le traitement des infections transmises sexuellement et du VIH-Sida.
 2014 -  Doctorat honoris causa remis le  par l'Université de Montréal.
 2015 - Membre de l'Ordre du Nouveau-Brunswick pour sa contribution exceptionnelle en tant que médecin, missionnaire, humanitaire et militant depuis près de trois décennies, notamment pour son soutien aux personnes ayant contracté des infections transmissibles sexuellement et pour le traitement de celles-ci.

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 Un article biographique très complet
 Médecin du Monde
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Naissance en 1955
Médecin québécois
Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec
Chevalier de l'ordre de la Pléiade
Membre de l'Ordre du Nouveau-Brunswick
Personnalité acadienne
Personnalité du comté de Gloucester (Nouveau-Brunswick)
Naissance à Tracadie-Sheila
Clinicien


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Decibels  — восьмой студийный альбом канадской спид/трэш-метал группы Razor. Это первый альбом группы c 1991 года.

Список композиций
«Decibels» — 4:24
«Jimi the Fly» — 3:43
«Life Sentence» — 3:28
«Liar» — 4:05
«The Game» — 3:41
«Great White Lie» — 5:10
«Open Hostility» — 3:02
«Nine Dead» — 3:34
«Goof Soup» — 4:16
«Violence...Gun Control» — 7:04
«Instant Death '97» (European Bonus Track)
«Rebel Onslaught '97» (Japanese Bonus Track)

Участники записи
 Боб Рейд — вокал
 Дейв Карло — гитара
 Джон Армстронг — бас-гитара
 Рик Остербош — ударные

Примечания

Ссылки
Decibels на Discogs
RAZOR - Decibels -  High Roller Records
Decibels на Allmusic

Альбомы Razor


First you need to install root file manager like 'Root Explorer' from Playstore and grant root access to the file manager via Superuser.
Open the root explorer and go to data folder inside the data folder (Data>>Data) from the Root folder.
Then you can see data folders of each application installed in your phone. For hacking Tennis 3D game, go to the 'com.cg.tennis' folder.
All your game data will be saved inside 'shared_prefs' folder. Inside the 'shared_prefs' folder open 'com.cg.tennis.xml' file in text editor. There you can see different variables and values relating to the game data.
For increasing the money you need to find the 'player_sum_coining' and change its value to a higher number.
For example, find the following line in the file.
the value as shown below(increase the value to a higher number).
Then save the file and exit the root explorer. Now open Tennis 3D game and goto store and check your money in your account. It will be 5000000.
Click here to watch the video for video tutorial for editing the Tennis 3D game.
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